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Duplex - DVD

SKU: 6214562 | Release Date: 3/2/2004
Rating: PG-13 for Sexual Situations, Violence, Profanity

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Rating
PG-13 for Sexual Situations, Violence, Profanity
Format
DVD
Theatrical Release
2003
Length
89 minutes
Screen Formats
Full Screen/Enhanced Widescreen for 16x9 TV
Genre
General Comedies
Studio
Walt Disney Video
Aspect Ratio
1.33:1/1.85:1

Synopsis

Just how far would you go to have the home of your dreams all to yourself? A couple start asking themselves that very question in this dark comedy directed by Danny DeVito. Alex (Ben Stiller) and Nancy (Drew Barrymore) are a young couple who are happy and successful, but lack one thing that they truly want -- the perfect home in Manhattan. Alex and Nancy think they may have found just the place they've been looking for when they discover the bottom half of a beautiful old duplex has opened up. While the couple are delighted with their new flat, they discover it has one major disadvantage they hadn't counted on -- their upstairs neighbor, Mrs. Connelly (Eileen Essel), an elderly woman who soon makes their lives a living hell. Persuading Mrs. Connelly to move is fruitless, since she has a long term rent-controlled lease, and as things become more and more difficult, Alex and Nancy begin to wonder if she won't go away on her own, perhaps a more drastic (and permanent) solution may be in order. Duplex also stars Harvey Fierstein, Justin Theroux, James Remar, and Swoosie Kurtz. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Version Details

Languages/Sound
Eng/Fre
Screen Formats
Full Screen/Enhanced Widescreen for 16x9 TV
Subtitle Languages
Spa
Additional Features
cc Behind-the-scenes special Deleted scenes
Chapters
Disc #1 -- Duplex - Widescreen
1. An Ideal Home [2:07]
2. "Let's Do It" [2:07]
3. Sleepless Night [4:00]
4. "Bang, Bang!" [5:59]
5. During Business Hours [2:35]
6. "The Answer To All Our Prayers" [5:40]
7. The Hosuewarming [5:40]
8. Can You Take It? [7:24]
9. "She's Choking!" [4:07]
10. Evil Thoughts [4:49]
11. All Stuffed Up [5:00]
12. "Enough Is Enough" [5:16]
13. "Poor Mr. Peabody" [3:59]
14. Keeping It Simple [7:15]
15. A Little Wet Work [2:25]
16. A Better Place? [2:58]
17. End Credits [3:07]
Disc #2 -- Duplex - Full Screen
1. An Ideal Home [6:10]
2. "Let's Do It" [5:59]
3. Sleepless Night [2:35]
4. "Bang, Bang!" [5:40]
5. During Business Hours [5:40]
6. "The Answer To All Our Prayers" [7:24]
7. The Housewarming [4:07]
8. Can You Take It? [4:49]
9. "She's Choking!" [5:00]
10. Evil Thoughts [5:16]
11. All Stuffed Up [3:59]
12. "Enough Is Enough" [7:15]
13. "Poor Mr. Peabody" [2:25]
14. Keeping It Simple [6:06]
15. A little Wet Work [6:53]
16. A Better Place? [3:42]
17. End Credits [6:03]

Cast

  • Cheryl Klein - Ginger
  • Gary Riotto - Drug Dealer
  • Margie Loomis - Old Biddy #1
  • Jim Castillo - Weatherman
  • Michael Fahn - Sneezer on Train
  • Roberta R. Deen - Caterer
  • Christine La Fontaine - Don Piper Fan #1
  • Guiles - Little Dick
  • Jenette Goldstein - Moderator
  • Kumar Pallana - Indian Restaurant Owner
  • Eugene Lazarev - Mr. Dzerzhinsky
  • Drew Barrymore
  • Joe Banks - Police Officer
  • Louis Giambalvo - Pharmacist
  • Edward Edwards - Antique Dealer
  • Tracey Walter - Pharmacy Customer
  • Philip Perlman - Phil
  • Linda Porter - Old Biddy #2
  • Leyna Nguyen - Female Newscaster
  • Jackie Titone - Bartender
  • Geraldine Hughes - Receptionist
  • Claude Picasso - Little Dick
  • Christopher Doyle - Tavern Bartender
  • Chuma Hunter-Gault - Mailroom Guy
  • Christina Kirk - Mrs. Friedman
  • Mia Maestro - Little Dick
  • Ben Stiller
  • Ben Stiller - Alex Rose
  • Harvey Fierstein
  • Harvey Fierstein - Kenneth
  • Mía Maestro - Little Dick
  • Justin Theroux
  • Justin Theroux - Coop
  • Robert Wisdom
  • Robert Wisdom - Officer Dan
  • Maya Rudolph
  • Maya Rudolph - Tara
  • Drew Barrymore - Nancy Kendricks
  • Wallace Shawn
  • Wallace Shawn - Herman
  • Michelle Krusiec - Dr. Kang
  • Eileen Essell
  • Eileen Essell - Mrs. Connelly
  • Amber Valletta
  • Amber Valletta - Celine
  • James Remar
  • James Remar - Chick
  • Chris Mulkey
  • Swoosie Kurtz
  • Swoosie Kurtz - Jean
  • John Hamburg - Mr. Friedman
  • Tim Maculan - Terrence
  • Stomy Bugsy - Little Dick
  • Sherry Klein

Crew

  • Director: Danny DeVito
  • Casting: Margery Simkin
  • Producer: Drew Barrymore
  • Animal Trainer/Wrangler: Susan R. Hanson
  • Casting Associate: Justine Hempe
  • Editor: Michael Hofacre
  • Costume Designer: Jennifer Morrison Holyfield
  • Production Coordinator: Heather Ignarro
  • First Assistant Camera: Steve Itano
  • Visual Effects Supervisor: David Jacobs
  • Production Assistant: Lindsay Jespersen
  • Best Boy Grip: Jason K. Johnson
  • Grip: Scott Judge
  • Stunts: Karen Kahler
  • Key Grip: Gerald A. King
  • Best Boy Grip: Kenny King
  • Lighting: Brian Kinzey
  • Animator: Michael Kornstein
  • Research: Holly Rose Larson
  • Special Effects Assistant: William D. Lee
  • Buyer: Rebecca Parsons Levinthal
  • Background Artist: David Lipson
  • Executive Producer: David Lipson
  • Stunts: Jake Lombard
  • Animator: Miguel Martinez-Joffre
  • Costume Designer: Robert Mata
  • Storyboard Artist: Mike Mattesi
  • Special Effects Assistant: Ian C. McArthur
  • Grip: Hugh McCallum
  • Special Effects Assistant: Matthew J. McDonell
  • Still Photographer: Darren Michaels
  • Production Assistant: Talithia Miles
  • Animator: Ikumi Moriya
  • Stunts: Kori Murray
  • Set Production Assistant: India Neilan
  • Casting Assistant: Daryl Newmark
  • Supervisor/Manager: Jeffrey Nodelman
  • Animator: Noodlesoup Productions Inc.
  • Visual Effects Supervisor: Dan Novy
  • Sound Effects Director: Jeremy Peirson
  • Animator: Ben Price
  • Second Second Assistant Director: Brian F. Reyla
  • First Assistant Director: Scott Robinson
  • Greensman: Lee Runnels
  • Special Effects Assistant: Paul Sabourin
  • Production Coordinator: Sara Scarritt
  • Assistant Sound Editor: Elizabeth Schmidt
  • Research: Laura Sevier
  • Animal Trainer/Wrangler: Silver Screen Animals
  • Grip: Tom Skulski
  • Foley Editor: Chuck Smith
  • Stunts: Eric Stabineau
  • Script Supervisor: Janna Stern
  • Supervising Production Coordinator: Sharon Stetzel
  • Special Effects Assistant: Glenn Thomas
  • ADR Editor: Reneé Tondelli
  • Greensman: Anthony Vitagliano
  • Assistant Properties: Greg Wilkinson
  • Assistant Sound Editor: Ben Williams
  • Animator: Irene Wu
  • Stunts: Kevin Abercrombie
  • Assistant Costumer Designer: Kimberly J. Adams
  • Lighting: Joseph Alfano
  • Costume Designer: Devon Renee Anderson
  • Hair Styles: Pinky Babajian
  • Grip: Chad Barrow
  • Animator: Jennifer Batinich ,Tom Bayne
  • Grip: Noah Behar
  • Costume Designer: Melissa F. Binder
  • Production Assistant: Erin Borel
  • Grip: Ralph E. Boudreaux
  • Animator: Rebekah Browning
  • Greensman: Tony Castagnola
  • Foley Editor: John Chalfant
  • Post Production Assistant: Allen Colombo
  • Grip: Kevin Cook
  • Visual Effects Producer: TD James Coulter Sr.
  • Animator: Erik Craddock
  • Set Production Assistant: Dana E. Crocker Jr.
  • Assistant Sound Editor: Curtis Croeni
  • Animator: Nick DeMayo
  • Grip: Michael Duarte
  • Set Dresser: Eric A. Eigenbrodt
  • Chief Lighting Technician: John P. English
  • Research: Entertainment Clearances Inc.
  • Grip: Paul M. Farley
  • Special Effects Assistant: Steven C. Ficke
  • Stunts: Greg Fitzpatrick
  • Production Assistant: Brian Foster
  • Sound/Sound Designer: Marty Frasu
  • Assistant Costumer Designer: Randy Gardell
  • Stunts Coordinator: Harry K. Garvin
  • Set Production Assistant: Josh Geller
  • Production Assistant: Tim Gillis
  • Best Boy Grip: Oscar Gomez
  • Production Assistant: Jesec Griffin
  • Production Executive: Alan R. Griswold
  • Lighting: Thaddeus G. Hall
  • Coordinator: Lisa Vijitchanton
  • Set Dresser: Bart Barbuscia
  • Special Effects Assistant: Clark Templeman III
  • Stunts Coordinator: Peter Bucossi
  • Producer: Jeremy S. Kramer
  • Makeup: John Blake
  • Assistant Properties: Joyce Taylor
  • Stunts: Gary Price
  • Set Production Assistant: Lynne Martin
  • Key Grip: Jeff Kluttz
  • Makeup: Kenny Myers
  • Key Make-up: Ve Neill
  • Producer: Richard N. Gladstein
  • Executive Producer: Richard N. Gladstein
  • Makeup: Naomi Donne
  • Hair Styles: Naomi Donne
  • Stunts Coordinator: Charlie Croughwell
  • Assistant Sound Editor: Andrew Bracken
  • Assistant Costumer Designer: Jennifer Joseph
  • Screenwriter: Larry Doyle
  • Co-producer: Larry Doyle
  • Stunts Coordinator: Scott Sproule
  • Makeup: Kimberly Greene
  • Best Boy Electric: James Babineaux
  • Location Manager: Gerard W. Averill
  • Visual Effects Producer: Jeffrey White
  • Set Dresser: Carolyn Lassek
  • Unit Production Manager: Mari Jo Winkler-Ioffreda
  • Special Effects Assistant: Michael Dueñas
  • First Assistant Camera: Patrick McArdle
  • Second Assistant Camera: Jan Ruona
  • Foley Artist: Catherine Rose
  • Sound/Sound Designer: Thom "Coach" Ehle
  • Visual Effects Supervisor: Benoit Girard
  • Visual Effects Producer: Jerome Morin
  • Post Production Assistant: Jennifer O. Hill
  • Dialogue Editor: Norm Macleod
  • Consultant/advisor: Krystyna Newman
  • Leadman: Jonathan Bobbitt
  • Grip: Ron Glenn
  • ADR Editor: Joe Schiff
  • Special Effects Assistant: William Pancake
  • Unit Production Manager: Stephan Benseman
  • Special Effects Supervisor: Cosmas Paul Bolger Jr.
  • Visual Effects Producer: Cosmas Paul Bolger Jr.
  • Stunts: Cheryl Harris
  • Animal Trainer/Wrangler: Cheryl Harris
  • Hair Styles: Terry Baliel
  • Stunts Coordinator: Chris Haarhoff
  • Key Hairstylist: Candace Neal
  • Makeup: Douglas Noe
  • Greensman: Vincent d'Aquino
  • Best Boy Grip: Bill Summers
  • Grip: Christine Olsen
  • Sound Effects Director: Sean Garnhart
  • Special Effects Supervisor: Ron Bolanowski
  • Costume Designer: B.J. Rogers
  • Special Effects Assistant: John Fleming
  • Animator: Kimson Albert
  • Key Grip: Chris A. Centrella ,Dean M. King
  • Editor: Greg Hayden
  • Supervising Sound Editor: Bobby Mackston
  • Research: Cassandra Barbour
  • Executive in Charge of Production: Bob Osher
  • Assistant Art Director: Aric Lasher
  • Boom Operator: Anthony Ortiz
  • Set Designer: Daniel R. Jennings ,Easton M. Smith
  • Set Production Assistant: Kate Rhodes James
  • Post Production Supervisor: Joshua Levinson
  • Stunts: Joni Avery
  • Sound Effects Director: Craig Berkey
  • Properties Master: Emily Ferry
  • Foley Artist: Gary A. Hecker
  • Second Assistant Director: David Kelley
  • Consultant/advisor: Skip Lievsay
  • Hair Styles: Barbara Olvera
  • Producer: Stuart Cornfeld
  • Stunts: Richard Drown
  • Special Effects Supervisor: Jeffrey A. Okun
  • Executive Producer: Harvey Weinstein ,Bob Weinstein
  • Producer: Ben Stiller
  • Executive Producer: Alan C. Blomquist
  • Producer: Nancy Juvonen
  • Cinematographer: Anastas Michos
  • Composer (Music Score): David Newman
  • ADR Mixer: Thomas J. O'Connell
  • Producer: Meryl Poster
  • Executive Producer: Meryl Poster
  • Assistant Properties: Joy Taylor
  • Stunts: Merritt Yohnka
  • Re-Recording Mixer: Anna Behlmer ,Andy Nelson
  • Assistant Location Manager: Michael J. Kelly
  • Special Effects: Digital Filmworks
  • Art Director: Nicholas Lundy
  • Set Designer: Lois G. Hoyos
  • Makeup: Barney Burman
  • Special Effects: Digital Dimension
  • Swing Gang: Travis Bobbitt
  • Visual Effects Editor: Melissa Bretherton
  • Set Medic/First Aid: Bill Brinkman
  • Camera Loader: Andrew Louis Degnan
  • Construction Foreman: John Foster
  • Set Medic/First Aid: Thomas W. Foster
  • Video Assist: Tom Fox
  • Generator Operator: Bill Masten
  • Swing Gang: Sebastien Mercier
  • Set Medic/First Aid: Alicia Richards
  • Construction Coordinator: Michael Villarino
  • Negative Cutter: Viv Kim Negative Cutting
  • ADR Voice Casting: Wendy Hoffman
  • CGI Effects: Edmund A. Kozin ,Marion O. Spates
  • Visual Effects Editor: Lincoln Kupchak
  • Musical Direction/Supervision: Randy Spendlove
  • Foley Mixer: Brian Ruberg
  • ADR Recordist: Rick Canelli
  • Set Production Assistant: Christine La Fontaine
  • Buyer: Brett Gollin
  • Assistant Avid Editor: Alex Hepburn
  • Properties Maker Foreman: Jeff Goldberg ,Mark Weber
  • Camera Operator: Lucas Bielan
  • Editor: Lynzee Klingman
  • Special Effects Supervisor: William Mesa
  • Special Effects: Flash Film Works
  • Stunts: Jake Brake
  • Production Sound Mixer: David Kelson
  • Art Director: Mario R. Ventenilla
  • First Assistant Director: Michael Rispoli
  • Set Designer: Richard Romig
  • Costume Designer: Joseph G. Aulisi
  • Camera Operator: Kim Marks
  • Costumes Supervisor: Cheryl Beasley Blackwell
  • Swing Gang: Louis Terry
  • Set Designer: Cynthia McCormac
  • Production Designer: Robin Standefer ,Stephen Alesch
  • Second Assistant Camera: Starrs McBurney
  • Stunts: William Morts ,Mika Saito
  • Unit Publicist: Michael Hansen
  • Executive Producer: Jennifer Wachtell
  • Screenwriter: John Hamburg
  • Electrician: Antar Abderrahman ,Wayne L. Ancrum ,Anthony Donati ,Kevin Doyle ,Jesse Mather ,Jim Petretti ,A. F. Gorman ,Benjamin Zura ,Erik A. Erichsen ,Glenn E. Moran ,Edward B. Bernstein ,Juan Morse ,Gene Hara
  • Costume Designer: B.J. Rogers Meddings
  • Rotoscope Artist: Bill Phillips
  • Producer: Jeremy Kramer
  • Grip: Chris Olsen
  • Character Design: Gabriel Polonski
  • Puppeteer: Michael Deak ,Alex Diaz ,David Wogh

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Duplex: AMG Review
Derek Armstrong , AMG

Can't Danny DeVito make a movie where people just play nice? Having repeatedly proven he has an aptitude -- or maybe just a fondness -- for black comedy (War of the Roses, Death to Smoochy), in Duplex, DeVito revisits the old lady abuse from his directorial debut Throw Momma From the Train. But he's hardened over the years -- this harridan doesn't prove to be pitiable and misunderstood by the end. And as Ben Stiller and Drew Barrymore's Alex and Nancy become increasingly desperate to expel their elderly upstairs neighbor, the movie just feels more and more like another exercise in DeVito's bitter brand of masochism. But at the start, this project had the potential to be better than that. Stiller is a veteran of these everyday situations gone awry, and Barrymore ably complements him during the film's softer, more likeable first half. The problem with these comedies of escalation is that they must eventually go over the top, and Duplex gets there super-early, with prejudice. There's no doubt who earns audience sympathy -- Eileen Essell's Mrs. Connelly is maddeningly capricious, especially when she disguises herself as a kind and helpless senior citizen. It's not that a person wouldn't want to kill her, just that DeVito takes the fun out of it, as it were. What's left is a crazed Stiller and Barrymore hatching recklessly murderous schemes that backfire on them violently. The ways they come unglued are as sadly familiar as DeVito's career-long preoccupation with misanthropy. ~ Derek Armstrong, All Movie Guide

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